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The Board of Directors discussed and approved Länsimetro’s financial statements for 2021 based on the auditor’s presentation and decided to convene the General Meeting.

The Board discussed the upcoming co-operation agreement between Länsimetro Oy, Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd and Helsinki City Transport (HKL), based on which Metropolitan Area Transport will produce servicing and maintenance services for the West Metro’s extension from Matinkylä to Kivenlahti. The Board authorised the CEO, together with the Chairman of the Board, to sign the agreement.

The Project Manager presented a status report for the Matinkylä–Kivenlahti section of the construction project. Construction is progressing in line with the planned schedule and budget. Metro traffic is expected to start up on the new section in 2023, once HKL’s and HSL’s preparatory work has been completed. Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd has launched a new test run period on the Matinkylä–Kivenlahti section. The contractor-led commissioning phase is almost complete and the project is preparing for the acceptance inspections and final financial reports. Next, Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd will start up its tasks on the Matinkylä–Kivenlahti section, in line with the co-operation agreement. In addition, the backfill work for the service pit located in Matinkylä will begin.

Länsimetro Oy’s CFO presented the cost monitoring for the construction project. Construction is proceeding in line with the budget.

The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on 18 May 2022.

Further information:

Olli Isotalo, Chairman of the Board of Länsimetro Oy, tel. +358 (0)50 593 3359

Ville Saksi, CEO, Länsimetro Oy, tel. +358 (0)40 823 2086

Loading of crushed stone at the worksite base of the West Metro rail line at Hyljetie in Espoo will take place 26 May–1 June 2022, Mon–Sun from 7 am to 10 pm and loading of ballast will take place 13–17 June and 28 June–8 July 2022, Mon–Sun from 7 am to 10 pm. The loading operations may cause some noise nuisance in the vicinity. The aggregates will be transported from the Hyljetie loading area through the Kaitaantie service tunnel into the metro tunnel. Transports will be carried out at the mentioned times and they will increase traffic between the loading area and the service tunnel.

The loading area, service tunnel and transport route are marked in blue on the map below.

The crushed stone and ballast loading and transport work is related to the restoration of the overhaul track and night-time train depot to the west of the current western terminal station Matinkylä. The current use of the space as a service and storage area will end, and when metro traffic starts up, the area will be available to metro traffic. During the restoration work between 8 May and 15 July 2022, the smoke extraction fan of the Tiistilä shaft (Suomenlahdentie 15) will be used intermittently at low power between 7 am and 10 pm. While the fan is in use a whirring sound may be heard and dust may occur in the vicinity of the Tiistilä shaft.

We apologise for any inconvenience the work may cause.

Further information
Worksite phone number tel. +358 (0)50 516 7606

The automation systems of the Matinkylä station, which is already open to traffic, the Finnoo station, which is under completion, and the rail section between the stations will be integrated during the overnight hours (11 pm–4 am) of 12.-13 April. The integration requires systems testing. The work may cause noise in the surrounding environment when the metro tunnel’s smoke extraction fans are tested. The area affected by the testing is limited to the Matinkylä and Finnoo stations and the rail section that runs between them.

The tests will be carried out at night when the metro is not running.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the testing.

Further information:

Janne Ilkanheimo, Commissioning Engineer, West Metro project, tel. +358 (0)400 896 672

Länsimetro’s feedback line (Mon–Fri, 9 am to 1 pm): 050 377 3700

 

Smoke extraction fans will be tested at the Sammalvuori metro depot on 10 February 2022 from 8 am to 4 pm. During the testing, a whirring sound may be heard in the vicinity from time to time around the Sammalvuori metro depot. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Smoke extraction fans are used in case of fire to blow smoke away from the underground facilities along fire-compartmented routes into the outside air. There are smoke extraction fans in the metro line’s vertical shafts and at the metro stations’ eastern and western ends. All in all, 15 smoke extraction fans have been installed on the Matinkylä–Kivenlahti section.

Further information

Länsimetro’s feedback line (Mon–Fri, 9 am to 1 pm): 050 377 3700

The CEO presented the project’s 2021 annual review. The Project Manager presented a status report for the Matinkylä–Kivenlahti section of the construction project. Construction is progressing in line with the planned schedule and budget. Metro traffic is expected to start up on the new section in 2023, once HKL’s and HSL’s and preparatory work has been completed. Test runs on the rail equipment began on the scheduled date of 21 June 2021 and continued in autumn up until Kivenlahti. The testing of the interface between the Matinkylä metro station and the new section was completed and approved in September. Scenario testing, meaning testing all the systems in emergency situations, has also been carried out at the Kaitaa, Soukka and Finnoo stations. Testing is currently in progress at the Kivenlahti and Espoonlahti stations. Testing is proceeding according to plan.

Länsimetro Oy’s CFO presented the cost monitoring for the construction project.  Construction is proceeding in line with the budget.

The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on 17 February 2022.

Further information:

Olli Isotalo, Chairman of the Board of Länsimetro Oy, tel. +358 (0)50 593 3359

Ville Saksi, CEO, Länsimetro Oy, tel. +358 (0)40 823 2086

Media contacts: Satu Linkola, Communications Director, tel. +358 (0)46 877 3392